Fastener for cords.



No. 639,962. Patented Dec. 26, |899.

L` M. DEVORE. v

FASTENER FOR CORUS.

(Application flied Apr. 1, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LEVI M. DEVORE, OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS.

FASTENER FOR CO RDS.

SPECIFICATION forming` part of Letters Patent N o. 639,962, dated December 26, 1899.

Application iiled April 1, 1899. SeIa1N0.711,374. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEVI M. DEVORE, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Freeport, in the county of Stephenson and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fasteners for Cords, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to certain improveo ments in a fastener for cords, &c., the object being to produce a simple fastener which may be easily attached to the object upon which the cords are to be fastened and will securely hold the ends of the cords against disengage- 5 ment.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings by means of five figures, of which Y Figure 1 is a side elevation of the fastener o applied to a shoe and adapted to secure the ends of the shoe-strings. Fig. 2 is a rear view of the fastener. Fig. 3 is an edge view thereof. Fig. et is a horizontal section in line 4 4 of Fig. l, and Fig. 5 is a vertical section 5 inline 5 5 of Fig. l. Figs. 2 to 5 are upon an enlarged scale to more clearly illustrate the invention.

The fastener is composed of a plate A, preferably circular and formed about its maro gin with a depression a, said depression eX- tending from the front face of the fastener rearward toward the object to which it is attached and forming an inclosing ilange a', in which are formed a series of corrugations d2.

5 Openings a3 are provided, by which it may be readily attached to an object (here shown as a shoe) by sewing it thereto or stapeling it, as seen in the drawings at a4. The plate is preferably formed with a longitudinal depression as, extending across the openings a3 and adapted to form a post around which the cord is wrapped in the use of the fastener and also to permit the bend of the staple to lie therein and brace the fastener.

When the fastener is secured in place upon the shoe or other article, an annular space a is formed between the flange a and the post a5, and in this space the cord is confined. In securing a cord upon the fastener it is wrapped around the post until the end passes by the portion entering. The cord immediately adjusts itself, so that the entering portion and the end pass through two of the corrugations and the end portion is wedged in the annular space a6 and prevented from accidental disengagement. To disengage the cord, it is merely unwrapped from the post.

It is evident that this fastener is equally as applicable to gloves or other wearing-apparel, bags, and in fact all places where it is desirable to fasten the ends of cords, which ordinarily is done by tying them together in a knot.

I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A fastener for cords and the like, comprising a plate formed with a central post, an annular space around said post and a series of marginal corrugations about the space; substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand at Freeport, in the county of Stephenson and State of Illinois, this th day of March, A. D. 1899.

LEVI M. DEVORE. Witnesses:

H. H. ANTRIM, H. A. MEYER. 

